Building a full scale 737-800 AATD for home use. Majority of hardware is from Sismo Solutions, software is Prosim under P3D. An AOPA member and LifeTime member of National Association of Flight InstructorsPlease note that I am a self-employed professional cockpit builder that provides consulting to defense contractors and civilian schools and airlines.

Building a full scale 737-800 AATD for home use. Majority of hardware is from Sismo Solutions, software is Prosim under P3D. An AOPA member and LifeTime member of National Association of Flight InstructorsPlease note that I am a self-employed professional cockpit builder that provides consulting to defense contractors and civilian schools and airlines.

You should be able to do it, the block that the pin slides in will need to be moved across the frame, and will need threaded inserts installed into the frame as it is hollow. the arm can be relocated on the shaft and new hole drilled through it for the bolt.

This is excellent news! Custom J-rails is on the way. Just as long i can slide the locking levers 3-5 cm on the shaft i should be able to build something that will hold the pin itself and fit the J-rails.I really like the original rails-design and not the one where you attach the seat to a plate that moves on the rails. I will have custom boogies created aswell. (Hopefully)

I did the 4 type 2 ones in my fire panel with small relays that i took from a gutted ACP, but i have almost 25 to work with in the overheads. Remember the type 1 end caps do not mate with the type 2 bodies, so you may need to get creative with the keyways

I have some I/O boards that you can select ground or supply side switching with in banks of 8, so I will probably use those for the ones i need.

I might suggest something a bit more protected than that... it would only take a dropped screwdriver/spanner even a screw to short those plates and take out your power supply or worse.Have a look at marine bus bars for a cheap and safe alternative, worst case, cut a plastic cover out and mount it on top of at least the positive bars.

I think almost everyone here has used this technique to light up the MCP. I bet once you connect to the lower panel dimmers you will really like the effect.

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Building a full scale 737-800 AATD for home use. Majority of hardware is from Sismo Solutions, software is Prosim under P3D. An AOPA member and LifeTime member of National Association of Flight InstructorsPlease note that I am a self-employed professional cockpit builder that provides consulting to defense contractors and civilian schools and airlines.